Tuesday, August 19, 2014

New Picture Books

The Monkey Goes Bananas - C.P. Bloom
Monkey, having spied a banana tree across the water, will stop at nothing to get a snack.

Goodnight Songs - Margaret Wise Brown
A previously unpublished collection of lyrics for twelve lullabies, illustrated by contemporary, award-winning artists Jonathan Bean, Carin Berger, Sophie Blackall, Linda Bleck, Renata Liwska, Christopher Silas Neal, Zachariah Ohora, Eric Puybaret, Sean Qualls, Isabel Roxas, Melissa Sweet, and Dan Yaccarino.

The Lion and the Bird - Marianne Dubuc
"A lion finds a wounded bird in his garden and decides to care for it through the winter. When spring arrives, the bird's flock returns. The bird goes off with its flock. Lion is sad. But autumn brings a wonderful surprise."-- Provided by publisher


The Hueys in The New Sweater - Oliver Jeffers
"One Huey wears a new sweater to be different from the other identical Hueys, only to have them decide to be different too--by wearing sweaters."-- Provided by publisher


The Hueys in It Wasn't Me - Oliver Jeffers
"Hueys may look the same, think the same, and even do the same things, but that
doesn't mean they can't disagree. The only problem is, they can't seem to agree on what they didn't agree on in the first place! Which ultimately leads to an even bigger disagreement."-- Provided by publisher


How to Cheer Up Dad - Fred Koehler
"A young elephant sees his dad is in a bad mood and tries to cheer him up, not realizing his own mischief caused the bad mood in the first place."-- Provided by publisher

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend - Dan Santat
An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.

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